She wonders if he's as obsessed with her as she is with him and whether he dreams about her. For the first few lines, instead of continuing to focus on her own fear of being obsessive, she wonders what this guy thinks of her. Like in many pop songs, Taylor Swift uses the bridge of her song to look at things from a slightly different angle.
The echoes particularly could be highlighting the fact that the sound of his feet are no longer there because he has left for now. In response to this, she asks him to "stay here" because she doesn't "wanna share" him with others. a mansion with a view." They're apparently having sex because she asks him if "the girls back home touch you like I do? / Long night, with your hands up in my hair." The mention of "echoes of your footsteps on the stairs" could be a reference to just being aware of his presence or to him leaving when they're done. The second verse details another secret rendezvous this time in the "third floor on the west side." She calls him "Handsome. Long night, with your hands up in my hair Verse 2ĭo the girls back home touch you like I do? At the end of the chorus, she asks again and again if the relationship really is that delicate after all? She desperately wants the ability to be able to push it forward and to be closer and closer to him. She explains her reason for her questions is that she knows "that delicate," but she even wonders if she can push that line. In the pre-chorus, she had asked if it was true that they couldn't make promises yet and in the chorus, immediately wonders whether should have "said all that." She wonders if it's "chill that you're in my head"-has she gone too far by being obsessed with him? She's highly concerned that her actions don't scare away her new love interest (who the Internet is convinced is likely Joe Alwyn, a British actor). In the chorus of "Delicate," Swift cuts straight to the heart of the theme for her song. 'Cause I know that it's delicate (delicate) Nikes." Even when he's so dressed down, she's struck by "that color blue" in his eyes and encourages him to "think of the fun things we could do." She's quite certain that she likes him. He's even dressed casually to blend in, wearing "dark jeans and. They meet in a "dive bar on the east side" of town and gets secret calls from him "in the black" (or at night." They meet "in the back" of the bar far away from paparazzi and unwanted attention. In the lyrics of the first verse of "Delicate," Taylor details a secret rendezvous with her secret love interest. Phone lights up my nightstand in the black
At the very least though, they can spend time together, so she suggests that he make her a drink.
She knows they can't "make / Any promises" because the relationship is so new, but her line "can we, babe?" suggests that she'd be open to it if he were. If no one else wants to date her, that means this guy must be for real, right? It may not even be in his own "best" interest to date her.īut he's doing it anyway, and Taylor already really likes him. In perhaps the best line of the entire song, Taylor reflects on how while others may think poorly of her, it at least means that this guy liking her can't be motivated by wanting to be with someone that everyone loves.